My thanks for Jack O'Leary and Mike Faley for supplying much information on the missions dates for this B17. If you can add any further information on dates or crews please contact me
Service Record
- First mission on record 8 April 1944 Quackenbruck airfield
- 123 missions flown
- POW ferry -- Undercarriage collapsed, bulldozed clear by tank. SALVAGED 16 May 1945
Location
Known mission list
| Date | Crew | Target | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Apr 1944 | K J Dille | Quackenbruck airfield Aborted |
Returned early - spare a/c (non-sortie) |
| 9 Apr 1944 | K J Dille | Krzesinki Aborted |
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| 10 Apr 1944 | K J Dille | Reims Aborted |
Returned early - spare a/c (non-sortie) |
| 11 Apr 1944 | K J Dille | Rostock Aborted |
Returned early - spare a/c (non-sortie) |
| 12 Apr 1944 | K J Dille | Schkeudiz Aborted |
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| 13 Apr 1944 | K J Dille | Augsburg | |
| 18 Apr 1944 | E Zapf | Berlin | |
| 20 Apr 1944 | K J Dille | Marquenneville (NoBall) | V-weapon site |
| 22 Apr 1944 | K J Dille | Hamm | |
| 24 Apr 1944 | K J Dille | Friedrichshafen | |
| 27 Apr 1944 | K J Dille | Flottemanville (NoBall) | V-weapon site - morning mission |
| 27 Apr 1944 | K J Dille | Le Culot airfield Aborted |
Returned early - spare a/c (non-sortie) - afternoon mission |
| 28 Apr 1944 | E J Siewert | Sottevast (NoBall) | V-weapon site - jettisoned load |
| 29 Apr 1944 | K J Dille | Berlin | |
| 1 May 1944 | E J Simmons | Wizernes Aborted |
Morning mission |
| 11 May 1944 | K J Dille | Liege | |
| 12 May 1944 | N P Scott | Brux | |
| 13 May 1944 | K J Dille | Osnabruck | |
| 19 May 1944 | G W Rake | Berlin | Category Ac damage (serious) - fuselage, wing, #2 gas tank |
| 25 May 1944 | K J Dille | Brussels | |
| 27 May 1944 | R J Simmons | Strasbourg | |
| 29 May 1944 | E W Wolf | Leipzig | |
| 30 May 1944 | K J Dille | Troyes | |
| 31 May 1944 | K J Dille | Osnabruck | |
| 2 Jun 1944 | K J Dille | Boulogne | Coastal defences - morning mission |
| 4 Jun 1944 | K J Dille | Boulogne | Coastal defences |
| 5 Jun 1944 | K J Dille | Boulogne | Coastal defences |
| 6 Jun 1944 | K J Dille | Ouistreham | D-Day defences - morning mission |
| 7 Jun 1944 | K J Dille | Nantes | |
| 8 Jun 1944 | R Cumming | Tours | |
| 10 Jun 1944 | K J Dille | Morlaix airdrome Aborted |
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| 12 Jun 1944 | K J Dille | Rosieres | Serious damage to right wing, fuselage and radio room |
| 14 Jun 1944 | K J Dille | Le Culot airfield Aborted |
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| 18 Jun 1944 | K J Dille | Brunsbuttelkoog | Returned with two bombs hung up |
| 20 Jun 1944 | K J Dille | Fallersleben | |
| 21 Jun 1944 | K J Dille | Frantic shuttle to Russia | Landed near Kieve short of fuel |
| 26 Jun 1944 | K J Dille | Drobhabycz | Shuttle flight from Russia to Italy |
| 3 Jul 1944 | K J Dille , J L Passerino | Arod, Rumania | Flown from Italy |
| 5 Jul 1944 | K J Dille | Beziers | Flown with 95BG returning from Italy |
| 8 Jul 1944 | L G Bennett | Clamcy-Joigny RR bridges | |
| 11 Jul 1944 | C W Woldt | Munich | |
| 12 Jul 1944 | D L Darby , F B Musser | Munich | |
| 13 Jul 1944 | F A Ricci | Munich | |
| 14 Jul 1944 | J R Ransom | Southern France | Supplies to French Resistance |
| 17 Jul 1944 | F A Ricci | Ludwigshaven | |
| 18 Jul 1944 | R Cumming | Kiel / Hemmingstadt | |
| 19 Jul 1944 | H W Dickert | Schweinfurt | |
| 20 Jul 1944 | K J Dille | Merseburg | Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil. |
| 21 Jul 1944 | K J Dille | Ludwigshaven | |
| 24 Jul 1944 | K J Dille | St Lo | Tactical ground support |
| 25 Jul 1944 | J Passerino | St Lo | Tactical ground support |
| 28 Jul 1944 | F A Ricci | Merseburg | Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil. |
| 29 Jul 1944 | W B Kennedy | Merseburg | Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil. |
| 31 Jul 1944 | F A Ricci | Munich | |
| 2 Aug 1944 | F A Ricci | Torgnier - La Fiere | |
| 3 Aug 1944 | F A Ricci | Troyes | |
| 4 Aug 1944 | F A Ricci | Hamburg | |
| 5 Aug 1944 | F A Ricci | Magdeburg Aborted |
Returned early, jettisoned bombs (non-sortie) |
| 11 Aug 1944 | R L Stevenson | Villacoublay airfield | |
| 14 Aug 1944 | R L Stevenson | Ludwigshaven | |
| 15 Aug 1944 | F A Ricci | Venlo airfield | |
| 24 Aug 1944 | O E Hopkins , F Read | Ruhland | |
| 25 Aug 1944 | D L Darby , F B Musser | Politz | Possible clerical error |
| 26 Aug 1944 | F A Ricci | Brest | Gun batteries |
| 30 Aug 1944 | O E Hopkins , F Read | Bremen | |
| 3 Sep 1944 | O E Hopkins , F Read | Brest | Gun batteries -- made two runs over target |
| 5 Sep 1944 | F A Ricci | Stuttgart | |
| 8 Sep 1944 | F A Ricci | Mainz | |
| 9 Sep 1944 | F A Ricci | Dusseldorf | |
| 12 Sep 1944 | L G Bennett | Magdeburg | |
| 13 Sep 1944 | D N Ellison | Sindelfingen | |
| 18 Sep 1944 | C J Hedin | Warsaw | Second "Frantic" shuttle to Russia |
| 19 Sep 1944 | C J Hedin | Szolnok | |
| 25 Sep 1944 | F A Ricci | Ludwigshaven | |
| 26 Sep 1944 | H W Dickert | Bremen | |
| 27 Sep 1944 | W B Kennedy | Ludwigshaven | |
| 28 Sep 1944 | F A Ricci | Merseberg | Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil. |
| 30 Sep 1944 | C Williams | Bielefeld | |
| 5 Nov 1944 | ? | Ludwigshaven | Category AC (serious) damage - flak hit #7 tokyo tank |
| 26 Nov 1944 | ? | Hamm | Category A damage |
| 30 Nov 1944 | ? | Merseberg | Landed at Brussels Merseburg : Blood, Flak & Oil. |
| 6 Feb 1945 | A Munoz | Bohlen | |
| 9 Feb 1945 | A Munoz | Weimer | Camera a/c |
| 15 Feb 1945 | ? | Cottbus | |
| 17 Feb 1945 | A Munoz | Frankfurt / Giessen | |
| 19 Feb 1945 | A Munoz | Osnabruck / Munster | |
| 21 Feb 1945 | A Munoz | Nurnberg | Category A damage "Hole a foot long in horizontal stabilizer", 2ft from (TG) Jack Ford' shoulder! |
| 25 Feb 1945 | A Munoz | Munich Aborted |
Returned early with runaway #1 prop - (non-sortie) |
| 26 Feb 1945 | L L Bazin | Berlin | |
| 2 Mar 1945 | L J Lazzari | Ruhland / Dresden | Flew C sqn, lead flight 2nd element |
| 7 Mar 1945 | A Munoz | Siegen | |
| 8 Mar 1945 | P R Powell | Langendeer/Giessen | Flew C sqn, low flight |
| 12 Mar 1945 | A Munoz | Oranienburg; (Swinemunde) | Flew C sqn, led low flight |
| 14 Mar 1945 | J M Harbison | Hannover / Seitz | Flew B sqn, low flight |
| 15 Mar 1945 | A Munoz | Oranienburg | Flew B sqn, led low flight |
| 18 Mar 1945 | A Munoz | Berlin - Falkenburg | Flew B sqn, led low flight |
| 19 Mar 1945 | G A Plank | Lutzkendorf, Fulda & Jena | Flew B sqn, low flight |
| 21 Mar 1945 | A Munoz | Plauen / Handorf | Category A damage |
| 22 Mar 1945 | A Munoz | Alhorn | |
| 28 Mar 1945 | A Munoz | Hanover | Flew B sqn, led 3rd element - camera a/c |
| 3 Apr 1945 | A Munoz | Kiel | Flew A sqn, 2nd element |
| 4 Apr 1945 | J W Johnson | Kiel | Flew C sqn, 1st element |
| 5 Apr 1945 | D J Wallish | Nurnburg | |
| 7 Apr 1945 | R W Wilkes | Buchen | Flew A sqn, 2nd element |
| 8 Apr 1945 | A Munoz | Eger marshalling yards | Flew C sqn, 3rd element |
| 9 Apr 1945 | A Munoz | Munich Reim Airfield | Flew D sqn, led 3rd element |
| 11 Apr 1945 | C F Dixon | Landshut | Flew A sqn, 3rd element |
| 14 Apr 1945 | P W Schmidt | Royan | Flew C sqn, 3rd element |
| 15 Apr 1945 | P R Powell | Royan | Flew D sqn, 3rd element |
| 16 Apr 1945 | I W Rosenbaum | Royan | |
| 17 Apr 1945 | J A Lantz | Aussig | |
| 19 Apr 1945 | H L Hendricks | Practice No Sortie |
Non sortie, flew A sqn, 2nd element |
| 20 Apr 1945 | H L Hendricks | Oranienburg | |
| 25 Apr 1945 | A Munoz | Practice No Sortie |
Non sortie, flew A sqn, 3rd element |
| 1 May 1945 | A Munoz | Chowhound - Hague | Food drop to Dutch civilians; |
| 2 May 1945 | J D McGeorge | Chowhound - Schipol | Food drop to Dutch civilians |
| 3 May 1945 | H L Hendricks | Chowhound -Bergan | Food drop to Norwegian civilians, D sqn, 3rd element |
| 4 May 1945 | R N Grover , C J O'Leary | Chowhound Scrubbed |
Non sortie |
| 5 May 1945 | R N Grover , C J O'Leary | Chowhound - Hilvresum | Food drop to Dutch civilians |
| 6 May 1945 | H L Hendricks | Chowhound - Schipol | Food drop to Dutch civilians |
| 7 May 1945 | A Munoz | Chowhound -Schipol | Food drop to Dutch civilians |
| 15 May 1945 | A Munoz | Horsching | POW ferry |
| 16 May 1945 | Drottmer | Horsching | POW ferry -- Undercarriage collapsed, bulldozed clear by tank<br>SALVAGED |
